L-R Garret Koehler,26, Kevin Krease, 27, and Derrick Dykas, 28, are bringing a new festival to downtown Detroit after a failed bid to bring the X Games to the city.

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Detroit Free Press staff

Catch up on some of the top headlines and stories that happened in metro Detroit on Wednesday, Aug. 21:

■ The city of Detroit has agreed to consider making some documents within a digital database publicly available after U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes challenged its secrecy. Currently a creditor must sign a confidentiality agreement to access the database, which contains financial information about the city.